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| | Classic Boxing Quotes- Don King was quoted as making this comment on a possible Julio Cesar Chavez vs Terry Norris in 1993. "Man O'War was a great racehorse, but if I put a extra 20 pounds on him they would say I was cruel to the animal. So don't ask me to do that to Chavez."
- Lennox Lewis was asked why he did not sign a contract with Don King after won the Olympic Gold medal, his response "How can you trust a man who can talk for 5 minutes and you cant understand a sentence of it!
- Another loving comment by Bob Arum after his fighter Iran Barkley beat Darrian Van Horn."
- If you think Barkley was mad before the fight, wait until he sees how many people are taking part of his purse"
- Jim Watt former WBC lightweight champions when asked about his "white complexion" by a reporter said, "I'm like a bottle of milk with gloves."
- Ali upstaged? Ali was on a plane when a stewardess asked him to fasten his seat belt, Ali told the lady "Superman don't need no seat belt". The stewardess told the champ; "Superman don't need no plane!'
- Sugar Ray Leonard was asked on the Johnny Carson show, "when do the wounds from the fight heal", his reply "when the cheque clears."
- Oscar De La Hoya "You need the whole package - boxing, interval training, weights, nutrition, rest, everything. I combine all of them together so I can become like a machine up in that ring."
- Evander Holyfield "A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion."
- Randall "Tex" Cobb: "When I got up I stuck to my plan -- stumbling forward and getting hit in the face."
- Mike Tyson," I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets. I cannot defend it, but it happened."
- Mike Tyson On Razor Ruddock, He said; "You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend."
- Larry Holmes: "Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all those guys. Because they were older than me and I was doing my thing."
- Larry Holmes: "We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me."
- Larry Holmes: "Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion."
| 16. Larry Holmes: "It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once when I was poor." 17. Sonny Liston: "A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat"
18. Sony Liston: "Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice." 19. Sony Liston: "Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining." | | Classic Boxing Quotes! Part 4. |
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